Legislative Assistant - Oakland, United States - East Bay Regional Park District

East Bay Regional Park District
East Bay Regional Park District
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Oakland, United States

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The Position:


ABOUT US:


The East Bay Regional Park District is a system of beautiful parklands in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to the east of San Francisco.

The system comprises 73 parks spanning across 126,809 acres; 1,250 miles of trails; 55 miles of shoreline. We manage and preserve natural and cultural resources for all to enjoy and protect. The regional parks are ideal for healthful recreation and environmental education. Learn about our Mission and Vision, History, and our contributions to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.


OUR MISSION:


EBRPD preserves a rich heritage of natural and cultural resources and provides open space, parks, trails, safe and healthful recreation and environmental education.

An _environmental ethic _guides the District in all of its activities.


OUR VALUES:


  • Respect
  • We honor the land we steward, each other, and the park visitors we serve.


  • Resilience

  • We creatively adapt to change. We address challenges with empathy, perspective, and determination.


  • Relationships

  • Our greatest strength lies in the trust, accountability, and teamwork we cultivate with our colleagues, partners, and the public we serve.


  • Responsiveness

  • We communicate openly, honestly, and reliably.


  • Transparency

  • We hold the public's trust through meaningful stakeholder engagement and access to timely and reliable information on decisions and performance.

WHY WORK FOR EBRPD?

  • Working with a purpose for a better world today and for future generations through the preservation of open space, public access to the outdoors, and a commitment to the conservation of the natural world found east of the San Francisco Bay across 33 cities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
  • A community of colleagues who are passionate about public service and the East Bay Regional Park District, the communities it serves, and its mission.
  • Excellent benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, and pension benefits through California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional development.
  • Free onsite parking.
  • Free parking permit for EBRPD parks (for up to 2 privately owned vehicles)
  • Employee discounts for certain EBRPD park amenities (reservations, daily fishing permit, public boat launch).

THE OPPORTUNITY:


The Park District is recruiting for an experienced Legislative Assistant at the Park District's Administrative Office, 2950 Peralta Oaks Ct., Oakland.

The hiring pools established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancies and additional vacancies that may occur during the one-year life of the hiring pools.


WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

This position reports to the Chief of Legislative Government Affairs or designee.

Under general supervision, performs specialized legislative, administrative, and confidential staff support to the Chief of Legislative and Government Affairs; may represent the District to federal, state, and local legislative groups and other agencies as assigned; and performs related duties as required.


IDEAL CANDIDATE:


  • Experienced project coordinator with strong attention to detail and critical thinking skills.
  • Exceptional communicator, both written and verbal, who thrives in collaborative environments.
  • Highly organized and detailoriented with excellent time management abilities.
  • Demonstrates integrity, independent judgment, and maintains confidentiality.
  • Curious, missiondriven and focused with a high degree of comfort with ambiguity.

Essential Functions:


  • Performs a variety of difficult and complex support functions on legislative measures proposed at the federal, state, and local levels and coordinates staff review of these measures
  • Supports the Government Affairs unit with tracking and managing local, state, and federal policy correspondence, and confidential projects, which advance the District's legislative and policy interests;
  • Tracks, reviews, and compiles election results to analyze voter trends as they relate to parks, trails, and open space;
  • Serves as Park District liaison with legislative offices and assists in organizing events with legislators;
  • Tracks and maintains a current knowledge of state legislation data;
  • Assists with developing staff reports; performs and leads Districtwide surveys;
  • Conducts legislative and policy research;
  • Drafts documents including confidential correspondences, staff reports, minutes, and other legislative support documents;
  • Supports the preparation and assists in making presentations about legislative priorities, recommendations, and other materials for consideration with the Board of Directors, community groups, policy leaders, and other public agencies; assists and coordinates the Park District's presence on social media for policy and legislative outcomes; tracks and assists in communication about grant guidelines as they are developed at the federal, state, and local levels;
  • Provid
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